. . . Anyone who wants to elaborate relevant liberation theology must be prepared to go into the 'examination hall' of the poor. Only after sitting on the benches of he humble will he or she be entitled to enter a school of 'higher learning.
— Leonardo Boff and Clodovis BoffEducation is the key for self liberation.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaTo be wounded by the suffering of others is a gift of the Holy Spirit.
— Gregory BaumThe core of liberation theology is profoundly 'theologal' - that is, rooted in the very nature of God. You see, there's an immediate relationship between God, oppression, liberation: God is in the poor who cry out. And God is the one who listens to the cry and liberates, so that the poor no longer need to cry out. ( Leonardo Boff, p. 166).
— Mev PuleoSelf love and forgiveness is a liberation.
— Lailah Gifty Akita